2004 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

  2004 Qatar Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 16 races in the 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	2 October 2004
Location	Losail Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Carlos Checa
Time	1:58.988
Fastest lap
Rider	Colin Edwards
Time	1:59.293
Podium
First	Sete Gibernau
Second	Colin Edwards
Third	Rubén Xaus
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Sebastián Porto
Time	2:02.710
Fastest lap
Rider	Alex de Angelis
Time	2:03.015
Podium
First	Sebastián Porto
Second	Dani Pedrosa
Third	Hiroshi Aoyama
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	2:09.644
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	2:09.569
Podium
First	Jorge Lorenzo
Second	Andrea Dovizioso
Third	Álvaro Bautista

The 2004 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 30 September-2 October 2004 at the Losail International Circuit. It was the first running of the event.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Sete Gibernau	Honda	44:01.741	3	25
2	Colin Edwards	Honda	+1.315	10	20
3	Rubén Xaus	Ducati	+23.844	7	16
4	Alex Barros	Honda	+25.458	2	13
5	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+31.417	4	11
6	Max Biaggi	Honda	+39.209	24	10
7	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	+53.373	17	9
8	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+58.006	11	8
9	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki	+1:04.320	18	7
10	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+1:18.518	13	6
11	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki	+1:49.438	19	5
12	James Haydon	Proton	+1:52.158	21	4
13	James Ellison	Harris WCM	+1:53.900	22	3
Ret	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	Retirement	1
Ret	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	Retirement	16
Ret	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	Retirement	6
Ret	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	Retirement	14
Ret	Neil Hodgson	Ducati	Retirement	15
Ret	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton	Retirement	20
Ret	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Retirement	23
Ret	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	Retirement	9
Ret	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	Retirement	5
DNQ	Youichi Ui	Harris WCM

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	41:17.343	1	25
2	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	+1.614	2	20
3	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+43.312	6	16
4	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+45.127	7	13
5	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+47.182	8	11
6	Toni Elías	Honda	+59.471	5	10
7	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+1:11.413	16	9
8	Alex Debón	Honda	+1:22.120	11	8
9	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	+1:22.162	23	7
10	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+1:29.038	14	6
11	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+1:40.121	9	5
12	Erwan Nigon	Yamaha	+1:43.016	18	4
13	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	+1:43.056	21	3
14	Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	+1:50.884	22	2
15	José David de Gea	Honda	+1:53.027	24	1
16	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+1:53.335	13
17	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+1:54.871	17
18	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+2:25.588	15
19	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	+1 Lap	26
Ret	Anthony West	Aprilia	Retirement	10
Ret	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	Retirement	3
Ret	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	Retirement	20
Ret	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	Retirement	19
Ret	Radomil Rous	Aprilia	Retirement	27
Ret	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	Retirement	4
Ret	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	Retirement	12
Ret	Gregory Leblanc	Aprilia	Retirement	25

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	39:11.620	1	25
2	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+0.000	2	20
3	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	+4.010	12	16
4	Mika Kallio	KTM	+18.750	10	13
5	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	+35.450	16	11
6	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	+37.890	6	10
7	Julián Simón	Aprilia	+39.020	8	9
8	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	+39.400	22	8
9	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	+42.900	15	7
10	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+42.910	9	6
11	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+47.420	3	5
12	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	+48.010	14	4
13	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+52.650	13	3
14	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	+1:03.090	21	2
15	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	+1:06.800	27	1
16	Stefano Perugini	Gilera	+1:07.040	18
17	Lukáš Pešek	Honda	+1:20.710	30
18	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+1:23.800	19
19	Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	+1:26.860	24
20	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+1:28.480	5
21	Lorenzo Zanetti	Honda	+1:29.770	25
22	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	+1:37.390	26
23	Manuel Manna	Malaguti	+1:37.540	31
24	Raymond Schouten	Honda	+1:38.400	29
25	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	+1:54.610	28
Ret	Simone Corsi	Honda	Retirement	11
Ret	Gábor Talmácsi	Malaguti	Retirement	17
Ret	Casey Stoner	KTM	Retirement	4
Ret	Max Sabbatani	Honda	Retirement	32
Ret	Vesa Kallio	Aprilia	Retirement	20
Ret	Ángel Rodríguez	Derbi	Retirement	23
Ret	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	Retirement	7